Filter



April 14, 1936.v

F. JAEGER FILTER Filed May 5, 1954 4 Sheets-Sheet l April14,1936. y EJAEGER l '2,037,134

FILTER Fi1ed nLay 5, 1954 4 sheets-sheet 2 F. JAEGER April 14, 1936.

FILTER Filed May 5, 1954 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 I F. JAEGER 2,037,134

FILTER Filed May 5, 1954 4 sheets-sheet 4v April 14, 1936.

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Wfl/v @E fw @ffl/M Patented Apr. 14, 1936 'iml'rso STATES PATENT- oFFlcE j Germany September 19, 1932 is-claims. (c1. 21o-zoo) This invention relates to pressure filters for liquids, and more particularly to filters of this kind having a pressure-tank with radially directed plate-shaped filter elements that may be rotated about a vertical axis and a. control-apparatus positioned centrally within'said tank.

Similar filters operating by action of suction are known in which lters the filteringelements are united into groups suspended freely or from ropes or chains by means of vertical guides, said iilteringelements being lifted by means of pressure-air or a curved cam-path or guide-track over partitions dividing the trough with the liquid therein into a plurality of compartments. The

filtered liquid and the washing liquid are carried away by means of hoses. Such packetsof plateshaped filtering elements naturally occupy a great space within the compartments of the trough so that for the filtering process proper only a relatively short path will remain throughwhich the immersed packet of filter-plates may be moved, especially if the lifting of the plates over the aforementioned partitions is effected by means of cams or tracks having relatively long' curvatures, the advantage of attaining a large effective 'filtering surface by employing -a great number of Apackets of flter-platesbeing thus entirely absent. 'Ihe `proposed construction of suction-filters hav- ,ing only a single packet of filter-plates', is connected with fthe disadvantage of presenting a` smaller filtering surface and in consequence thereof the working capacity ofthe lter is considerably reduced. Uniting the filter-plates into packets, furthermore, will render it difiicult to remove 351 the precipitate orA so-called cake from the lterplates. Removal of the precipitate in this case can only be accomplished in an imperfect way.

and to a limited extent, and in addition to this,

ythe several filter-plates can only be insertedand' taken out with diiiiculty.

In contra-distinction to these known suctioniilte's, the iilter which forms part of my present invention is constructed as a pressure-filter having filter-plates positioned in close proximity planes about horizontal pivots and rotatably in a circular path about a vertical axis, and a centrally positioned ycontrol-apparatus, said interplates being connected by means of a'special novel 50 construction of joints with that part of said conf to each other and mounted swingably in vertical.

titions between the working spaces of the filtertank and in order to removeV the precipitate from said plates by means of knives, the several groups of filter-plates are swung upward through an angle of about 904 simultaneously` at all places where such lifting is desired, as well as at the place where the precipitate is removed from the plates, motion of said plates being effected in every case by vertical downward and upward motion of aliftingdisk which is operatedby a con- 10 trol-mechanism positively connected' with the filter-plates and positioned outside of the filtercasing.

An example of a'construction of my new pressure-iilter is represented in the accompanying 15 drawings which form part of this specification. In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the ilter, 2 a horizontal section, through Fig. 1 along line A-B thereof, Fig. 3 a view, partly in section, of a modified form of the mechanism 20 for transmitting motion to the filter-plates, Fig. 4

a view of the device for removing the precipitate from said plates, Fig. 5 a plan-view of the device shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 a horizontal section through Fig. l'along line C.-D, Fig. 7 an enlarged' 25 view, partly in section, of the connection between the swingable iillter-l'zalatesy and that part of the control-mechanism for the filter-plate, Fig. 8 a plan-view taken on Fig. 7, Fig'. 9 an enlarged sec- -tion through Fig. 6 along line E-F, Fig.. 10 30 an enlarged section. through Fig. 6 along line G-H, Fig. 11 an enlarged vertical section through \the.controlmechanism for the filter-plates, Fig.

12 a plan-view on Fig. 11, Fig. 13 a side-view of said control-mechanism' as seen from the right 35 in Fig. 12, Fig. 14 an enlarged' view, partly in section along line L M, Fig. 18, of a catching means provided on said lifting disk for engagement between the latter andv counterpoises, Fig. 15 a section along line I-K, Fig. 18, Fig. 16 a diagram 40 indicating the motion of the lter-plates, Fig. 17

a detail of the control-mechanism which serves to impart motion to the filter-plates, and Fig. 18

a plan-view Aof a part of the device shown in v Fig. 14.- l

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, my new pressure-lter consists essentially in the first place ofa. circular pressure-casing I, closed al1 around, an interior wall 2- concentrical with respect to said casing, and radially directed wallsorpartitions3,4,5,6and1 asshowminl Fig. 6, said walls ory partitions subdividing the casing I into a working compartment a-b forthe "ltering proper, into another compartment lb---c for the washing. into la third com 55 l tube passing in larger constructions of the iilter throughout said casing from its bottom to its top to increase the mechanical strength thereof and extending, in case of smaller filter constructions, only as far as shortly abovethe controlmechanism 8, thus dispensing with the necessity of a two-part construction of control mechanism. 'I'he iixed part of said control-mechanism 8 is subdivided similarly to the casing I by partitions into a number of'spaces I0, II, II' and I2, the space III serving for the reception of the liquid to be filtered, the spaces II and II' for lixiviation, and the space I2'for supplying washing water for the filter-plates. Said fixed part of said controlmechanism is-surrounded liquid-tight by a rotatable annular body I3. Immediately to the annular body I3 are fastened the quadrant-shaped iilter-plates I5 by means of special joints I4 to permit swinging of said plates round one corner thereof, the point of rotation of said filter-plates.

being positioned outside of their straight borderlines, that is outside of the vertical inner andthe horizontaltupper edge of the plates in immersed position, so that the space intermediate said plates in raised position of the latter may be completely emptied. 'I'his emptying is effected -by causing the liquid to flow from the channel IS vin the iilter-plate I5, Fig. 8 lthrough the hollow two-part pivot I9 Aof the joint-member I4 and the .'channel 20 inthe annular body I3, as well as through the channels 2|, Fig. l1, provided in the outer wall of the control-mechanism 8 into channels 2| of course are carried tosuch an ex' the chambers within the latter. The pivot I9 is tightened by packings I1 and kept together by means of the screw-bolt I8. From the chambers of the control-mechanism 8 the liquid is always Adischarged separately through the pipes 22, 23, 24 and v25 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'I'he tent round the wall of said control-mechanism 8 as is required for carrying out the respective working process; for instance, for ltering the channel 2I is open from that point on at which the lter-plate is lowered into the liquid as far as tothat point at which the nlter-plate is lifted over a partition. The iilter-plates may be divided in order to facilitate their being inserted into and taken out of the ltering space. The lter-plates may be divided for this purpose in such a way that the member 26 which carries the pivot I9 is separated from the plate I5 and equipped with a prismaticpivot 22 which is inserted into a similarly formed aperture 28 in said' Lateral rims 29 extending from said plate I5. aperture 28 inthe plate I5 prevent displacement of the two parts to be connected with eachother within the plane of division which is perpendicular.to the plane of the iilter-plates, while a lifting of the memberl26 from the filter-plate I5in perpendicular direction to the connecting plane is prevented by the nose 30 which engages from underneath with the projection 3| (Fig. '1).l

'Ihe lter-platesvl are kept in working position by means of ropes 32 carried round rollers 34, mounted inbearings 33, towards the weights or counterpoises 35. These weightsor counterpoises 35 are so dimensioned that they will only in part counteract the gravity of the inter-plates,

irrespective of the fact whether the latter are weighted by precipitate or not. I'he ropes 32 are carried through bores 36, Fig. 11, provided in the annular body I3. 'I'he exact working position .similar formed under ring 38, said two rings being kept together by outer and inner guide-bars 39 and 40. Said aggregate of counterpoises is thus positioned immediately underneath the controlmechanism 8 and intermediate the interior wall 2 of the prsure-casing I and the wall of the tube 9.- The counterpoises 35 are mounted to permit upward and downward-sliding for imparting swinging motion to the filter-plates I5 about theirA pivots I9, whenever said counterpoises are acted upon by proper forces. More particularly, downward motion of a counterpoise 35 -will effect lifting and upward motion of a counterpoise will eiect lowering of thev appertaining filter-plate;

The angle through which the plates are rotated depends upon the conformation of the latter, the angle of rotation amounting to""., if the plate is of the form of a quadrant, as will ordinarily be the case.

The swinging motion of the iilter-plates serves besides for removing `the precipitates adhering thereto, by passing said plates in upward direction through two horizontally positioned and radially directed knives42, Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 9, or between similarly positioned brushes. Said knives, in agreement with the circular-ly moving -lter-plates, are equipped with a contrivance permitting them to be carried with said filter-plates, at the same time maintaining their radial posi--v tion. For this purpose the knives are keptl within a holder, mounted easily movably and with some play on rollers between the lateral walls of' the casing 44, said holder being vswingably fastened to the guide-rods 4B and 41 which are maintained in non-parallel 'position to each other. With a proper position of said guiderods it is attained that with a tangential displacement of the holder 45 thereis always maintained -the radial position of said knives. A spring 48 carries said holder together with said knives into initial position, as soon as the filterplate is released from the knives. Placing the lter-plate between the knivesisfacilitated by two guide-ledges 49 and 50, Figs. 9 .and 10, said guide-ledges gripping the iilter-plate at the rounded edge thereof. In the present case there is only a single pair of knives and one of the two knives 42 is cut-off at its inner side and extends as far as to theeonicai sm'fgce within which the obliquely guided ropes 32 move upon rotation of Jthe lter-plates to permit circular motion of the suspension ropes for said'plates. The cut-olf knife-partis replaced by a brush 5I carried on the back of the longer knife, said brush serving to remove the residual precipitate which aca/,184

-a compensation for increase of the distance be-l tween the rotating filter-plate and the fixed knife, the brush is fastened to a rotatable hollow cylinder kept under the action of a torsion-spring, 52,l

said cylinder tending to keep the brush inhori-j zontal position. Whenever the filter-plate I arrives in the position f, Fig. 10,v the brush 5I is pressed against the action/of the spring into' position 5I', will more. and more come into erected position with increasing distance from the filterplate and remain in contact with the latter as far as to the greatest distance from said Plate, as indicated at g, so that residual precipitate may be removed from the plate.

'I'he precipitate removed from the filter-plate is carried through a pipe-connection '54 intoa container which is under pressure of the filtering space; this container is emptied from timeI to time.

Transmission of motion to the filter-plates to which at the same time a swinging motion must be given is eiected in the example of construction shown in the drawings at ilve places at which the platesare lifted and at one place at which the precipitate is removed by means of a single upwardly and downwardly movable lifting disk 5 6 which is fastened to racks 55, said lifting disk 'having stops 59 as shown in Figs-2 and 11', said stops engaging lswinging motion to as many filter-plates as there are such stops. The width m of the stops 59,

Fig. 14, must be somewhat smatller than the dis-- tance n between the projections 58 of two neighboring counterpoises 35; since the reversal of the tion,` isnowthrown forward as soon as saidliftlifting disk from its uppermost position takes place without interruption, the stops 58 are provided with displaceable bolts 60 -which ,are kept under the action of a spring 6I and serve to reach,

upon reversal of the upward motion of the lifting disk, the otherwise not available point of actiong of the latter by means of the projection on the neighboring counterpoise`35 which must now be lowered.f The bolt lilll which is vpressed inward by the projection 58 on the neighboring counterpoise 35 upon upward motion of the lifting disk shortly before arriving at its uppermost posiing disk comes into the uppermost'position and engages with the projection 58 on the counterpoise 35' so that said projection will be carried with said bolt and the counterpoise moved downward.

The control-mechanism outside of the filtercasing serving for the regulation of the lifting disk is positively geared with the driving mechanism for the iilter-plate and works likewise positively in itself. Said control mechanism is equipped with an engaging and disengagingv device which moreover eiects regulation' of the proper sequence of the several working phases on the several filter-plates which are simultaneously operated.

Fixed to the cylindrical annularbody I3 is the toothed rim 62 which is rotated by the pulley 83 indicated in Fig. 1 in a dottedcircular line as being fast on the.v shaft 8l of a worm-wheel 85 by way of the pairs of gear-wheels 61 and 66 and.

the bevelled pinion 68. Instead of the pairs` of gear-wheels 66 and 61 therey may also be used a worm-gear drive 68 as indicated in Fig. 3. A platform 1I is mounted on' the casing I by means of standards 18, ysaid platform serving for the reception of a control-devicevof the' form of a reversing gear- 12, which in the example shown is Adriven'by the'worm-shaft 64 by way of the pairs of bevel-gears 13 and 1 4. 15 is the driving shaft of the reversing gear"12, the bevel-wheel 1E being keyed to said shaft 15, while the driven shaft 11 carries loose thereon the bevel-wheels 18 and 19, Figs. 12 and 13, said bevel-wheels o with the two halves of the clutch disengaged from each other, no rotary motion will be transl mitted to the driven shaft, that is the latter will be at standstill, even if the driving shaft rotates. Engagement of the clutch 8 8 is effected by a spring-actuatedlocking bolt 83 co-operating with a cam-disk 86 and provided with a slot at 'the height of the plane of swinging motion of the operating lever 82, said lever entering said slot after being rotated into the one of its end position's. (Fig. 17.) If, however, the locking bolt 83 is lifted out of engagement with the.cam disk 84, the operating lever can'only be swung to such an extent that it 'will shift the clutchmember into position just midway the two gearwheels 18' and 19, the driven shaft thus coming to standstill. The cam-shaft 85 which in, the construction shown in the drawings is driven from the worm-shaft 86 will rotate at a speed shaft will rotate through exactly one revolution,

if the `filter-plates have vrotatedv times, or through an angle Every revolution of the cam-disk 84 determines the moment for again rotating the driven shaft which had previously. been put to standstill, that is the moment for lowering the respective group .of filter-plates; since the now following motion of the Afilter-plates takes place without any inter- 11 wi1l rotate in the sense of the arrow shown round-said shaft, or said shaft 11 will remain at standstill, if said clutch 88 does notcontact with ,either of,` saldgear-wheels.` The change of the causes the counterpoise on the lever 88 to move downward by action of gravity, thereby swinging the lever 82. .A The 'swing of said lever 82 is cona double-armed lever 88 rotatable about the pivot 81 and provided with the counterpoise 89 by means of a slotted bar 98,.the slot in said bar in connection with a pin 9I on the lever 89 serving'as a guide forl the vlatter. The slot'inl the bar 98 is so dmensioned that the weighted lever 88 during swinging symmetrically with respect to a plane perpendicular to the plane of the drawings from one end position into the other will disengage the clutch 88 from the gear-wheels 'I8 and 19. Throwing of the lever 88 is effected by means of a nut 92 on a threaded part of theA driven shaft 11, said nut being prevented from rotating by the pin 93 (Fig. 12) and connected by a slotted bar 94 with the weightedlever 88. The thread of the nut 92 is of such an inclination will be moved from its one end position into its other end position in the rear of the aforementioned perpendicular plane. The clutch 80, therefore, is engaged and disengaged by the free falling motion of the counterpoise 89 which is so j heavy that it will safely overcome theresistances arisingwithin the clutch. In position of rest of the driven shaftthe lever 82 likewise is under the action of the counterpoise 89, or in other words, the clutch is again disengagedl by action of said counterpoise 89. y

Fixed to the,driven` shaft 'l1 are two gearwheels 95 driving the racks 55, the size of said y 40 gear-wheels being properly chosen so that the l displacement of the lifting-disk necessary toA 55 plates, for instance five plates as shown in the drawings, Will come in front of the partitions between theA working spaces a'-b, b-c, c-d,

d-e, e-a for being lifted over said partitionsA and freed from precipitate. The motions taking place in 4this case are represented in the -diagram Fig. 16 in which the absciss represent the motion taking place along acircular part in horizontal direction, and\the ordinates the vertical motion.of the filter-plates. At the point h in Fig. 16 the lifting disk 58 moves from above towards below, gripswith the stops 59 thereon the projections 58 on the respective six cOunt'e`-\ poises 35 pulling the latter downward, thusswingl ing the filter-plates into their uppermost position (point i). In their uppermostposition the six filter-plates must remain until they` have been rotated sufficiently far in horizontal direction (point k); the lifting disk 58 must consequently remain in its undermost position during this time,

that is during motion from to k. At' the point k that in the Atime during which the filter-plate is swung through an angle of the lever 88 the lifting disk is again raised, the inter-plates thus coming into their undermost position (point l). It will be immediately clear, that-the removal 'of the precipitate from the one of the illter-plates within the working space d--e is effected by the double knife during swinging motion of the plate from h to i, while the remainder of the precipitate which is not reached by the short knife is removed by the brush ,5I during downward swinging from k to l. v Y

At the point Z the lifting disk 55 is immediately again lowered without any intermission, because there will be.as many filter-plates in the place of those which had just been lifted above a partition. 'I'hese plates are moved in exactly'the same manner as before; point l in the diagram Fig. 16 now corresponds to the point h. 'I'he swinging motions "of an entiregroup of lterplates are therefore due to every downward and upward motion of the liftingldisk, said motions being repeated at exactly timed intervals in accordance with the rotating motion of the filterplates. By so combining the individual motions always into a downward and upward motion of the lifting disk, the control of the parts moving within the closed pressure tank will be considerably facilitated. y

The control mechanism awhich regulatesthe motions of the lifting disk is constructed to be in exact agreement with the motions representedin the diagram Fig. 16, that is said mechanism effects atA h the lowering. at i the standstill, and at lc the raising of -the lifting disk, and since at l the process repeats itself without intermission, the!`A function of said control mechanism consists in constantly reversing the direction of rotation of the gear-wheels which 'y serve for driving the lifting disk and to put said gear-wheels to standstill once duringeach working step and subsequently again rotating said gear-wheels for carrying out the several steps of the process. 'Since the gear-wheels 95 are positively coupled with the control apparatus which is of the form of a reversing gear, and since said control apparatus isagain coupled with the annular body I3, that is with the filter-plates, any

wrong motions of the lifting disk are safely prev vented. Besides, after each working step from h to l a positive regulation takes place with respect to the moment of the beginning of a new working step. At the point hin the diagram Fig. 16 the weighted lever 88 will be in a position to impart to the driven shaft the direction of rotation for downward ymotion of the lifting disk, while at the point i the reversal of rotation takes place at the driven shaft by throwing the weighted lever 88, which, however, does not fall into its end position but is retained by the locking bolt 83. Thus, the clutch 88 will, solely be disengaged but not connected with its counter-part on the driven shaft 11, so that the lattery and consequently also the lifting disk 58 is putto standstill in its undermost position. The driven shaft is again set into rotation not before the point k. the rotation being in this case in opposite direction, lthe locking bolt 83 by 4actionvof the camdisk 84 releasing the operating'lever 82, whereupon the latter by action ofthe counterpoise 89 on vthe lever 88--connects the' clutch member 88 with its counter-part. 'Ilie moment at .which the locking bolt-881s released by the cam-disk 84 is fixed by positive connectionwith the filterplatesand by 'the factA that said ,camp-disk is o rotated exactly .through one revolution on the way from h to I.' At the point l the rotary mo- During downward motion of the plate the brush l now works on the rear surface of said plate. as may be `seen from Fig. 5. In order to provide a compensation for increase of the distance between the rotating filter-plate and the fixed knife, the brush is fastened to a rotatable hollow cylinder kept under the action of a torsion-springen,Y

said cylinder tending to keep the brushinfhori'- zontal position. Whenever the filter-plate arrives in the position f, Fig. l0,v the brush 5I is pressed against the action-foi the spring into' position 51.', will moreand more come into erected position with increasing distance from the lterplate and remain in contact with the latter as fai' as to the greatest distance from saidplate, as indicated at g, so that residual precipitate may be removed from the'plate'.

The precipitate removed from the filter-plate is carried through a pipe-connection 54 into a container which is under pressure of the ltering space; this container is emptied from timev to time.

Transmission of motion to the filter-plates to which at the same time a` swinging motion must be given is effected in the example of construction shown in the drawings at iive places at whchthe plates are lifted and at one place at which the precipitate is removed by means of a single upwardly and downwardly movable lifting disk 56 which is fastened to racks 55, said lifting disk having stops 59 as shown in Figs. 2 and 11', said stops engaging with the upper and under projections 51 and 58 on the respective counterpoises 35 for displacing the latter and simultaneously .therewith imparting lswinging motion to as many filter-plates as there are such stops. The widthm of the stops 59,

Fig. 14, must be somewhat smaller than the disboring counterpoises 35; since the reversal of the lifting disk from its uppermost position takes place without interruption, the stops 59 are proing disk comes into the uppermost'position and engagesrwith the projection 58 on the counterpoise 35' so that said projection will be carried with said bolt and the counterpoise moved downward.

The control-'mechanism outside of the nner;

casing serving for the regulation of the lifting disk is positively geared with the driving mechanismfor the filter-plate and works likewise positively in itself. equippedwith an engaging and disengaging device which moreoverv effects re'gulationof the proper sequence of the several yworking phases on the several filter-plates which are -simultaneously operated.

Fixed to the cylindrical annularbody I3 is the toothed rim 62 which is rotated by the pulley 98 indicated in Fig. 1 in a dottedciroular line as pairs of bevel-gears 13 and 14.

Said control -mechanism isbeing fast on the shaft 84 of a worm-wheel 65 by way of the pairs of gear-wheels l61 and 66 and .the bevelled pinion 68. Instead 'of the pairs of gear-wheels 69 and 61 there may also be used a worm-gear drive-69 as indicated inFig. 3. A

platform 1 I is mounted on the casing I by means of standards 10, -said platform serving for the reception of a control-device of the form of a reversing gear 12, which in the example shown is driven by theworm-shaft 64 by way of the 15 is the driving shaft of the reversing gear"12, the bevel-wheel 16 being keyed to said shaft 15, while the driven shaft 11 carries loose thereon the bevel-wheels 18 and 19, Figs. 12 and 13, said bevel-wheels shaft. If the clutch 8G, however, is positioned midway between the two bevel-wheels 18 and 19, with the two halves of the clutch disengaged mitted to the driven shaft, that is the latter will be at standstill, even if the driving shaft rotates. Engagement oi the clutch 89 iseffected by a spring-actuated locking bolt 83 co-operating withl n1-Zat, if Z denotes the number of filter-plates and n the speed of rotation of the filtering plates about the control-mechanism; that isI to say, said shaft will rotate through exactly one revolution, if the filter-plates have rotated Z angle v Z Every revolution of the cam-disk 84 determines the vmoment for again rotating the driven shaft which had previously been put to standstill, that is the moment for lowering the respective group lof filter-plates; since the now following motion times, or through -an of the filter-plates takes place without any intermission, the cam-shaft 84 constitutes the lmechanism which serves lto control therswinging motion.

- In accordance with the connection of the clutch 80 with the gear-wheel 19 or 18, the shaft If, however, the locking bolt' `from each other, no rotary motion will be transfrom the .worm-shaft 85 will rotate at a speed 11 will rotate in the sense of the arrow shown round said shaft,`or said shaft 11 will remain at standstill, if said clutch does not'L contact` with .either Iof, said' gear-wheels. The change of the position of the clutch 88 relatively to the gearwheels`18-and 19 is initiated by the nut 92 which causes the counterpoise on the lever 88 to move downward by action of gravity, thereby swinging the lever 82. The 4swing of said lever 82 is .con-

trolled by a locking-mechanism 88 comprising a ratchet-wheel 84 (Figs. 13v and 17). Said ratchet-wheel makes exactly one revolution, if the filter-plate moves from h to Z, Fig. 16. yThe 5 point h of the diagram is defined for each fllterthat in the time during which the lter-plate j is swung through an angle of 90 the lever 88 fore, is engaged and disengaged by the free falling motion of the counterpoise 89 which is so plate by said ratchet-wheel 84 as may be seen from the diagrammatic representation..

'I'he clutbh-engaging lever 82 is connected to a double-armed lever 88 rotatable about the pivot 81 and provided with the counterpoise 89 by means of a slotted bar 98,.the slot in said bar in connection with a pin 9| on the lever 89 serving as a guide for the latter. the bar 98 is so dimensioned that the weighted lever 88. during swinging symmetrically with respect to a plane perpendicular to the plane of the drawings from one end position into the other will disengage the clutch 88 from the gear-wheels 18 and 19. Throwing of the lever 88 is eifected by means of a nut 82 on a threaded part of theA driven shaft 11, said nut being prevented from rotating by the pin 93 (Fig. 12) and connected by a slotted bar 94 with the weighted lever 88. The thread of the nut 82 is of such'an inclination will be moved from its one end position into its other end position in the rear of the aforemenl tioned perpendicular plane'. The clutch 88, thereheavy that it will safely overcome theresistances arising'within the clutch. In position of rest of the driven shaft the lever 82 likewise is under thel action of 'the colmterpoise 89, or. in other words, the clutch is again disengaged by action of said counterpoise 88. a

Fixed to the.driven shaft 11 are two gearwheels 95 driving Athe racks 55, the size of said l 40 gear-wheels being properly chosen so `that the displacement 'of the lifting disk 58 necessary to' swing the filter-plates throughl 90 takes place within the proper time to carry out this swinging motion. .Y a

The aforedescribed filter now operates as follows: v i

Rotary motion of the driving pulley 83 is transmitted to the toothed rim 82 and the annular body I3 Ic onnected therewith by way of the wormgear 84-85, the pairs ofA gear-wheels 81' and 88 or Worm-gear 89 as well'as the bevelled pinion 88, wherebyrota-ry motion is imparted to thelter- \plates I5 fixed swingably to said annular body. At the same time a certain part of the filterplates,` for instance viive plates as shown in the drawings, will come` in front of the partitions between the working spaces a-b, b--c, c-d, d-e, e-a for being lifted over vsaid partitions and freed from precipitate. The motions taking place in this case are represented in the -diagram Fig. 16 in which the abscissie represent the motion taking place along a circular part in horizontal direction, and\the ordinates the vertical vn'iotionoi' the nlter-plates. At the pointh in Fig. 16 the lifting disk 88 moves from above towards below, gripswith the stops 89 -thereon the projections 88 on the respective' six counte poises 35 pulling the latter downward, thusswinging the filter-plates into their uppermost posinon (point i). In their uppermostposmon the six filter-plates must remain until they have been rotated sufficiently far in horizontal direction (point lc);- the lifting disk 58 must consequently remain in its undermost position during this time,

that is during motion from i to k. At the point k The slot 'in' the. lifting disk is again raised, the lter-plates thus coming into their undermost position (point l). It will be immediately clear, thatthe removal of the precipitate from the one of the lter-plates within the working space d-e is effected by the double knife during swinging motion of the plate from h to i, while the remainder of the precipitate which is not reached by the short knife is removed by the brush 45I during downward swinging from k to l. y

At the point l the lifting disk 58 is immediately again lowered without any intermission, because there will beas many lter-plates in the. place of those which had just been lifted above a partition. vThese plates are moved in exactly'the same manner as before; point l in the diagram Fig. 16 now corresponds to the point h. The

swinging motions "of an entire'group of filterplates are therefore due to every downward and upward motion of the liftingydisk, said motions being repeated at exactly timed intervals in accordance with the rotating motion of the lterplates. By so combining the individual motions always into a downward and upward motion of the lifting disk, the control of the parts moving within the closed pressure tank will be considerably facilitated.

The control mechanism =which regulatesthe motions of the lifting disk is constructed to be in exact agreement with the motions represented'in the. diagram Fig. 16, that is said mechanism effects at h the lowering, at i the standstill, and at Ic the raising of the lifting disk,

. and since at l the process repeats itself without tion of rotation of the gear-wheels which I serve for driving the lifting disk and to put said gear-wheels to standstill once during'each vworking step and subsequently again rotating said gear-wheels for carrying out the several steps of the process. ISince the gear-wheels 95 are positively coupled with the control apparatus which is of the form of a reversing' gear, and since said control apparatus is'again coupled with the annular body I3, that is with the filter-plates, any wrong motions of the lifting disk are safely prevented. Besides, after each working step from h to l a positive regulation takes place with respect to the moment of the beginning of a new working step. At the point h. in the diagram Fig. 16 th weighted lever 88 will be in a position to impart to the driven shaft the direction of rotation for downward l motion of the lifting disk, while at the lpoint the reversal of rotation takes place at the driven shaft by throwing the weighted lever 88, which, however, does not fall into its end position but is retained bythe locking bolt 83. Thus, the clutch 88 will, solely be disengaged but not connected with its counter-part on the driven shaft 11, so that the latter,v and consequently also thev liftingdisk. is put to.stand with its counter-part. VrIihe vmoment at .whichthe locking bolt .88'is released by the cam-disk 84 is fixed by positive 'connection with the lterplates'andby the fact thatl said `cam-disk is o rotated exactly through one revolution'on the way from h to l.' At the point l the rotary motion is again reversed simply by throwing the lever 88 for the next working step. a control apparatus which operates by action of weight there may evidently also be used af'control apparatus operating by action of springpower. Itis furthermore evident to equip the control mechanism with an electrical apparatus to bring about the motions indicated in Fig. 16 byaction of contacts.

With respect tothe number and size of the working spaces, my present lter may be constructed in various ways and it willlikewise offer no dimculties whatever, to add one or more Working steps as these are all alike, such addition involving no extra costs of constructions. It will further be possible to use, for instance, a frac'- tional washing process for removing the precipitate from the lter-plates which may be in many cases desirable. Also a synthetic action between the material to be ltered and a further sub stance may be used with advantage.

Furthermore, an additional device for removing residual of precipitate may be used in conjunction with. the aforementioned knives and brushes.` The possibility of making use of the aforementioned synthetic action is due to the speciiic novel construction of my present filter, which immediately permits employment of a greater number of working'spaces, as had been men.

More particularly, my presentlterrmay be usedy for carrying out a synthetic 1 process merely by subdividing one or more of the tioned above.

working spaces. When using the synthetic proc- DOSE.

ess the precipitate `will undergo a change in a chemical respect by causing said precipitate to come in contact with one or more chemicals in the special working spaces provided for this pur- By this it will'be possible to obtain in the i'llter itself from the precipitate resulting from a chemical compound :c another substance y' which maybe taken oi the nlter-plates. A synthetic process will thus oierl quite Anew'possibilities in the chemical industry, if, for instance, it is considered to treat substances which under the iniiuence of thermo-physical compounds, such as in case of exposure to light or in case of being continuously kept in dry condition, are liable to decompose and which may be rapidly united with one or more other substances immediately in the lter and brought into a form of constant light-dryness and resistivity against temperature, thesaid substances being obtained .in this form immediately at the lter.

In order to give an example, there may be, for

' instance, a precipitate a which is explosive when exposed to light, and nonlexplosive if united'with a substance b with whichv it is turned into a compound in the dark lterspace under a certain pressure, thus producing a new substance c.v To .produce this substance in a large scale by ltra tionwould not be possible. with any known illter, as known lters do not offer the possibility to turn said substance, for instance, into a form which is -resistive against light.

As 4the drawings do not show the mode of supplying the liquid or the washing water to the lter, it may be noted that the liquid and washing water may, for instance, be supplied by means of pumps inv such a way that the liquid in the spaces of the trough is automatically kept at constant level.y

It is furthermore evident that the Icontrol mechanism described hereinabove in connection with lter-plates destined for use in 'a pressure Instead ofl lter may immediately be used in connection with suction lters.

I claim: 1. In a pressure-iilter for continuous operation, the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at its under part as an annular liquid trough, with a plurality of filter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said filter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter in radial planes through an angle of 90, radially directed partitions withinlsaid` trough dividing the latter 'into aplurality of working spaces and a collect-- ing space, lifting and lowering means adapted to move said plates individually and in succession over said partitions from-one into another of said working spaces and said collecting space, a device for removing the precipitate successively from said filter-plates during being lifted within said collecting space, and drainage means for the nitrate.

2. In a pressure-filter for continuous opera- I tion, the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at its under part as an annular liquid trough, with drainage meansfor the ltrate, a plurality of lter-plates positioned radiallywith respect to said trough and mounted circularly rotatable about a-control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, horizontally positioned joints for swingably supporting said filter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of thelatter in radial planes throughan ang-le of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough dividing the latter-into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, means; for successively lifting and lowering said lterplates individually during circular motion through said trough over said partitions from one at its under part as an annular liquid trough, with drainage means for the ltrate, a plurality of filter-plates positioned radially with' respect toA said' casing and 'mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged `centrally with respect to said casing, horizontally Apositioned joints for swingably supporting said illter-plates to permit swinging motion of the latter in radial planes throughjan angle of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough, said par- :titions dividing the latter into a plurality of work- -ing spacesand a collecting space, a lifting disk for successively liftingand lowering said lteryplates during circular motion through said casing over said partitions from one into an adjacent working space and said collecting space, weghtsj mounted movably within vertical guides and each fastened to one end of a rope laid round a roller,

the other end of said rope being fastened to said filter-plates, so that said weights will act as counterpoises for said plates, stops on said lifting disk, said s tops engaging with projections' on said- Weights, and'a'device for removing the precipi? tatefrom said nlter-plates during being lifted within said collecting space. f. v

4. In a pressure-filter for continuous operation, the combination of a pressure-casingconstructed atits under part as an annular liquid-trough, with drainage means for the filtrate, aplurslity of iilter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged cenia'ally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said filter-plates to permit additional swinging A motion of the latter in radial planes through an angle of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough dividing the latter into a pluralityof working spaces and a collecting space, a liftdisk for successively lifting said filter-plates during circular motion through said casing over said partitions progressively from one into another of said spaces, means for transmitting motion frcmsaid lifting disk to said filter-plates, a device for removingtheprecipitate from said filter-plates during being lifted\within said collecting space, a bever-gear drive mounted outside arranged centrally with respect to said casing,

horizorn'lly positioned joints for .swingably suppo g said lter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter ina radial plane through an angle of 90, said joints being constructed hollow and adapted to serve as a drainage means for the ltrate, radially directed partitions within said trough, said tions vdividing the latter into a plurality o working spaces and a collecting space, a lifting disk forsuicces sively lifting said lter-plates during circular motion through said casing' over said partitions from one into an adjacent space, means for transmitting-motion from. said lifting disk to said filter-plates, and a device for removing the precipitate from said iilter-plates during being lifted within said collecting space, after through said working spaces. 4

6. In a pressin'e-iilter for continuous operation,

the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at its under part as an annular liquid trough, with drainage meansfor, the filtrate, a plurality of filter-plates positioned radially with respect to said casing and mounted rotatably inhorizon tal direction about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing,joints for -swingably supporting said filter-plates toper- 60 mit additional swinging motion thereof in radial planes through an angle of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough, said partitions di vviding the latter into a pliuality of .working spaces and a collecting space, one of said work? ing spaces being further subdivided into individualspacesadaptedtoserveaswashingspaces,

a lifting disk for successively lifting and loweing said filter-plates motion througi said casing over said partitions from one ini a another of said spaces, means for transmitting motion from said lifting disk to said filter-plates, said joints, and therewith said inter-plates; as well as said lifting being operatively connected to said Aconti-olf to be automechanism.

'1. In a pressure-lter for continuous operation,

the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at its under part as an annular liquid trough,

with drainage means for the filtrate, a plurality of filter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said filter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter in radial planes through an angle of radially directed partitions within said trough dividing the latter into'a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, lifting and positioned knife-mechanism cooperative with and common to all filter-'plates and composed of two individual knives positioned obliquely with respect to the surfaces of said fllter=plates, said knife mechanism adapted to remove the precipif tate successively from said plates when passing therethrough in upward'direction within said collecting space, said joints and filter-platesvand said lifting and lowering means being operatively connected -with said contrat-mechanism" to be positively and automaticaily actuated by the latter. y

8. In a pressure-filter for continuous operation, the combination of .a pressure-casing constructed at its under part al an annular liquid trough, with drainage means for the filtrate, a plurality of lter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said. casing, joints for supp porting said 'filter-plates' to permit additional swinging motion of the 'latter in. radial planes' through an angle of 9z0, radially directed partitions within said trough dividing theY latter into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space-lifting and lowering means. adapted to move said plates in succession over' said partitions `from one into another of said spaces, and a single horizontally positioned knife-mechanism cooperative with and common to all lter-plates and .composed of two individual knivespositioned obliqueLv with respect tosaid filter-plates, one of. said individual knives being associated with a brush swingably mountedon the back of said Aknife-mechanism., said knives and said brush adapted to remove the precipitate from said plates when passing therethrough in upward and downward directinfrespectively, said joints, and

filter-plates and said lifting and lowering means being operatively connected with said control- 9. `In a pressure-filter for continuous operation, thecombination of a pressure-casing constructed at its under part as an annular vliquid trough. with drainage means for the iiltrate, a plurality oi illterpplates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for :supporting said lowering means adapted to move said plates in Y succession over said partitions from one into another of said spaces, and a single horizontally filter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter in radial planes through'an angle of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough dividing the latter into a plurality of working space's and a collecting space, lifting and lowering means-adapted to move said plates in succession over said partitions from onev into another of said spaces, and a double knife 4adapted to remove the precipitate from said filter-plates when upwards therethrough, a carrier gorsaid double knife, said carrier being mounted movably and adapted to' participate in the circular motion di `militer-plateatatimetreatedby'saidvkniilarollto said filter-plates to lift and lower said plates.

ers, guide means and a spring adapted to move said carrier automatically into its initial inopera-v tive position in released condition of said knife, said joints and filter-plates and said lifting and- .lowering means being operatively connected with said control-mechanism.

10. In a lter of the character described, the

combination of a. lter-casing, with a plurality of radially directed partitions dividing said cas-.- ing into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, filter-plates mounted swingably in radial direction with respect to said casing, driving means for imparting successive vcircular and upward and downward swinging motions tosaid lter-plates to move 'successively through said spaces, said driving means including a lifting disk and means for transmitting motion from said disk in succession from one into another of said spaces, abe'vel-gear drive mounted outside' of said filtercasing, said bevel-gear drive adapted to Iraise and lower said disk, and areversing gear interposed between said disk -and said bevel-gear drive, an

drainage means for the flltrte.

11. In a filter of the character described, .the

combinationof a ltercasing, with a plurality of radially directed partitions dividing said casing into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, filter-plates mountedyswin'gably'in radial direction with respect tofsaid casing,4 driving means for imparting successive circularand upward and downward swinging motions to, saidA Y filter-plates to move successively through `said spaces, said driving means includingvjoints for swingably supporting said lterfplates, said joints being adapted as drainage means for the ltrate,

a hollow extension on each of said lter-plates, a i

prismatic pivot fast on each of said joints and adapted to form a support for said extensions and therewith for said lter-plates to permit easy disengagement of said plates from said joints and removal of the former from'the lter-casing.l

l2. In a filter of the character described, vthe combination of a lter-casing, with a plurality of radially directed partitions dividing said'casing into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, iilter-plates mounted swingably in .radial direction with respect to said casing, driving means for imparting successive circular and upward and downward swinging motions to said filter-plates to move usuccessively through said spaces, said driving means including horizontally positioned joints for swingably supporting said lfilter-plates to permit swinging motion of the latter in radial'planes through an angle of 90, said joints being constructed hollow and adapted to' serve as a drainage means for the filtrate.

.'13. In a pressure-lter forv continuous operation,the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at its underpart as an annular liquid trough, with drainage means for the filtrate, a

plurality of filter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said lter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter inv radial planesA structed at its under part as an annular liquid trough, with drainage means for the ltrate, a plurality of lter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said lter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter in radial planes through an angle of 90, radially directed partitions within saidtrough dividing the latter into a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, lifting and lowering means adapted to move said plates in succession over said partitions from one into another of said spaces, a horizontally positioned knife-mechanism comprising two individual knives positioned obliquely with respect to said -lter-plates, one of said individual knives being associated with a brush rotatablyI mounted on the back of said knife, said knives and said brush adapted to remove the precipitate from said plates when 'swinging therethrough. Y

15. In a pressure-lter for continuous opera- I -tion,the combination of a pressure-casing constructed at itsunder part as an annular liquid 1 trough, with drainage means for the filtrate, a

plurality of filter-plates mounted circularly rotatable about a control-mechanism arranged centrally with respect to said casing, joints for supporting said lter-plates to permit additional swinging motion of the latter in radial planes through an angle of 90, radially directed partitions within said trough dividing the latterinto a plurality of working spaces and a collecting space, lifting and lowering means adapted to move said plates in succession over said partitions from one into another of said spaces, a double knife adapted to remove the precipitate from said plates when swinging therethrough, a carrier interposed between said 'iilter-plates and said double knife to permit motion of the latter with said filter-plates, rollers, guide means and a spring adapted to move said carrier and said knife back into inoperative position.

.y FRITZ JAEGER. 

